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Basketball on Paper: Rules and Tools for Performance Analysis 
By: Dean Oliver
Journey "inside the numbers" for an exceptional set of statistical tools and
rules that can help explain the winning-or losing-ways of a Basketball team. Basketball on
Paper doesn’t diagram plays or explain how players get in shape, but instead
demonstrates how to interpret player and team performance.
Dean Oliver highlights general strategies for teams when they’re winning or losing,
and what aspects should be the focus in either situation. He describes and quantifies the
jobs of team leaders and role players, then discusses the interactions between players and
how to achieve the best fit. Oliver conceptualizes the meaning of teamwork and how to
quantify the value of different types of players working together. He examines
historically successful NBA teams and identifies what made them so successful individual
talent, a system of putting players together, or good coaching.
Oliver then uses these statistical tools and case studies to evaluate the best players in
history - such as Magic Johnson, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, and Charles Barkley - and how
they contributed to their teams’ success. He does the same for some of the NBA’s
"oddball" players - Manute Bol, Muggsy Bogues, and Dennis Rodman - and for the
WNBA’s top players.
Basketball on Paper is unique in its incorporation of business and analytical concepts
within the context of Basketball to measure the value of players in a cooperative setting.
Whether you’re looking for strategies or new ideas to throw out while watching the
ballgame at a sports bar, Dean Oliver’s Basketball on Paper will give you amazing new
insights into teamwork, coaching, and success.
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28/04/06: Excerpt of the module edited today at the eBA 107
- Game Stats Register about "Statistical Formulas Revision":
"Because of all this presentation and discussion, eBA saw in the early 1988
the necessity of developing a more valid method to evaluate the efficiency of the player
at Basketball games. Consequently, with the eBA System it was possible to reach to
the consistent formulas which are used to evaluate the professional Basketball games from
our affiliated teams.
This the first exposition of a serial of three parts, beginning with
this revision made for this eBA107 - Game Stats Register Course.
The application of each formula will be exposed at the eBA108 - Creative Analysis Seminar,
meanwhile the discussion is part of the program of the eBA109 - eBA Analysis System Clinic.
This first exposition is a revision of some of the more known proposals
used all around the Basketball world and their correlated synthetical conceptions. New
stats are continually appearing in immeasurable quantities. Therefore, the list doesn't
pretends to be complete, and it will be permanently updated during the
courses and clinics. So, it represents, only an incomplete anthology of
the Basketball analysis formulas and ratios. The fact of the great amount of new formulas
and methods being issued day-to-day is associated with the necessity of fitting the
current systems and statistics to the different coach's “game philosophies”.
In a parallel way the methods and analysis means became more sophisticated. Just in this
Basketball period the eBA-Stats Team presents its Basketball
Analysis System about which we'll speak with full particulars in the eBA109 - eBA Analysis System Clinic."
Next Module Exposition on Friday 12/05/06, 04:00 GMT.
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25/04/06 - At NAYSI.com, one
of our eBA
recommended Sites we can read this ABC's of Coaching and Parenting Kids Through
Sports, by Jack Hutslar :
Opportunities for adults to have a positive influence on children may consume only a few
hours per week in a coaching environment. This is not much in comparison to the time that
parents and teachers have to influence their children to do all of the right things. Yet,
coaches are among the more influential people in the lives of children.
These ABC’s identify some of the more important traits or principles that guide us in
shaping our children into proper adults through sport. Review these selections that
follow. Help your children, your students, and your players develop a better understanding
of the big picture.
T is for Teach. Coaches and parents can teach the fundamental skills and
strategies of any sport to their offspring. In most cases, youngsters are able to learn
what they are taught. This applies to sport, homework, manners, chores and responsibility.
Yelling and screaming at their mistakes contributes little to their acquisition of skills.
Mistakes offer teachable opportunities. Determine what they need to know and teach it to
them. Break it down into smaller bites, explain it or show them what to do. Then pat them
on the back when they get it and when they show good effort.
Time. The best thing to spend on your child is time. This very simple
concept is at the heart of teaching and learning, not to mention good relationships
between parents, children and other significant adults. The time that coaches and teachers
spend with your child is a reason why that these non-family members are so well thought of
by young players. ... Read more...
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21/04/06: Excerpt of the module edited today at the eBA 107
- Game Stats Register about "Analyzing Basketball Assists":
"For the eBA Basketball Statistics Creative Analysis the most important pass in
Basketball is not the assist, but the pass that leads to the assist .
A Basketball play usually develops with two or three passes before the score. And the game
analyst see plays begin to develop long before they actually happen. Team's strong
inclination for making the right pass early in a possession often leads to an easy shot
– even when he doesn't get the assist.
When we speaks about potential assists we are not speaking about those MISSED ones as the
assists NOT CONCRETIZED, by example missed assists disappointingly unsuccessful by fouls,
bad bounces or missed shot from sure points as under the basket.
Potential assist is the pass to another player, being
oneself in a good
shooting position, which misses the shot. For the passer only counts as a possession if
the shot goes into the basket. Had the passer shot the ball himself, it would counts in
the direction of possession usage, careless of whether the shot went in. But when he
passes it off to a teammate, the stats register this possession for him as an assist only
if the shot goes in: so, the eBA System register for this passer a "potential
assist" at the game analysis chapter.
Both, the missed and the potential assists are registered in the eBA System
as a game analysis element, not receiving any rate in any valuation rating. ..."
Next Module Exposition on Friday 28/04/06, 05:00 GMT.
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OPINIONS
ENCOUNTERED......at the Web17/04/06 - About efficiency in
Basketball: "But is
it even possible to say what constitutes efficiency in Basketball? More points in fewer
minutes seems the most transparent analogy, but it’s not a terribly useful thing to
know. Obviously, efficiency relates to a player’s production, but a player can
“produce” hundred of different things in five minutes of Basketball and we only
keep track of that which is easy to count. And if we combine all of those measurements
into one index, we have to make ridiculous assumptions like: four rebounds are worth three
assists. What would it mean to compile a team of extremely efficient players? From what I
can tell, it describes a team full of players who are particularly precious at
accumulating more “numbers” in fewer possessions above all else. Less obvious
strengths, like defensive presence, passing ability, and energy are deemed less important,
making for what could be a homogeneous and uninteresting team.
Photograph: from 'Basketball Notes by Alex'
But this post is not meant to be an attack on John Hollinger,
top of ESPN’s NBA writing staff, or 82games.com (who claim not to have
discovered the definitive way to evaluate players). The idea that everything can and
should be quantified has led to using efficiency (of the sell and produce more at less
cost variety) as the measuring stick for effectiveness. This idea began in the business
world and has bled into other areas, including sports and education. Among entirely too
many important people, efficiency is equated with value and utility. An efficient company
or organization creates a cheaper and better product, benefiting company and society
simultaneously. Everyone wins, at least from that perspective....."
Read the complete post at freedarko.blogspot.com
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The Carolina Way
 By: Dean Smith, Gerald D.
Bell, John Kilgo
For forty years, Dean Smith coached the University of North Carolina Basketball team
with unsurpassed success. Now, in The Carolina Way, he explains his coaching philosophy and
shows readers how to apply it to the leadership and team-building challenges they face...
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11/04/06: A course, a seminar and a clinic about Basketball
Statistics Analysis are the virtual learning environment created by eBA-Stats.com using Moodle , a course management system (CMS). Our long term goal
is to help the Basketball game analyst to meet all their needs.
A free on-line eBA course is designed for first level statistician to learn about the
Basketball Analysis and the Game Statistics and the Game Analysis and the Basketball
Formulas.
A second level on-line eBA seminar completes the former program and provides a
foundation for the statistician about the players, quarter & season reports; learning
the Basketball Statistics Formulas Directory
The on-line clinic is a semester long Basketball Statistics Creative Analysis blended
learning course that covers the whole eBA Basketball Statistics Creative Analysis System
using games cases, rules and video clips as its backdrop.
Next Module Exposition on Friday 21/04/06, 04:00 GMT.
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Jordan vs. Barkley - 1991
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09/04/06 Subject: Coaching Youth Basketball
"Youth Basketball coach must understand that coaching youth Basketball is not like
coaching adults. They need more instruction and more supervision, so patience is certainly
a virtue. When you’re coaching youth Basketball, you don’t necessarily have to
win in order to succeed. Letting everyone play must be the objective. What you’ll
want to do is prompt each child to do their very best.
This means that in the course of coaching youth Basketball, you will want to give everyone
a opportunity to play. If you only play the best players, then children will feel
excluded. In younger ages, this can lead to disturb children and parents as well. Let
everyone have a opportunity when you’re coaching youth Basketball. You never know
what talents you might find.
You’ll want to adjust adult drills when coaching youth Basketball,
but in a way that children can know and comprehend. Try to make everything a game, rather
than a practice so that children stay concerned. With shorter attention units, you may
want to make short drills or keep practices to a minimum.
This isn’t to say that coaching youth Basketball is a work of a baby sitter, but it
is about teaching children to try their the supreme effort one can make and be filled with
satisfaction when they do. "
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Texas A&M Cheerleaders
the Basketball beautiful faces.
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Official Beckett Price Guide to Basketball Cards 2006 
Lists over 50,000 prices for cards issued from 1948 to the present. Includes cards from
all the major manufacturers, including Fleer, Topps, Upper Deck, and Hoops. Every card is
identified by year, manufacturer, size, format, team, and player.
Includes tips on buying, selling, caring for, and storing your cards.
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